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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Applicant:
Tushar K. Gohel, Wakefield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Tushar K. Gohel, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An interface for a bus test instrument is readily adaptable for testing a wide range of bus types. The interface includes a pair of transmit lines and a pair of receive lines. A transmitting circuit is adaptable for transmitting either single-ended or differential signals over the transmit lines, and at least one receiving circuit is adaptable for receiving either single-ended or differential signals from either the receive lines or the transmit lines. The flexible interface allows the testing of single-ended and differential busses, as well as busses that support both unidirectional and bidirectional communication.